Dear Parents and Carers, In Year 4, this week we have continued to learn around our focus of ‘Potions’. Children have discussed the features of instructional texts and have designed their own imaginative potions. We were really impressed by their creative ideas. We have also been busy practising our Nativity Play ready for our fast-approaching Christmas […]
Read MoreRemembrance Poetry Workshops
Last week, all of Key-Stage Two took part in drama and poetry workshops to investigate the people of the First World War and their stories. During the sessions, the children created scenes from different poems: some written to encourage men to fight in the war, such as, ‘Who’s for the Game?’ by Jessie Pope and […]
Read MoreKS2 Times Table Rockstars Challenge Results
We are incredibly proud of the children at St Catherine’s Primary School, as our school came 875th (out of 3937 schools) in the recent England Rocks TT Rockstars tournament. The competition was fierce with 171,027,491 questions answered collectively by 704,979 pupils from 3,937 schools and 82,483 classes around the country. Our school statistics were astounding. […]
Read MoreYear 4 Weekly Update – 18/11/22
Dear Parents and Carers, Thank you to all those who were able to attend parent consultations on Friday, reports have been sent home with children today. Year 4 have had a lovely start to the week, we have been wearing odd socks and discussing different types of friendship as part of our ‘Friendship week […]
Read MoreKS2 Hidden Figures Assembly and Workshop – Black History Month
On Monday, KS2 enjoyed an energetic and inspiring assembly to celebrate Black History Month led by Big Foot Theatre Company. We were introduced to various significant British Black people who had helped shape our history and perhaps are not as well-known as some of the more famous faces! Did you know that four Roman Emperors […]
Read MoreYear 4 Potion Day
Year 4 had a wonderful ‘potions day’ filled with experiments and activities that launched our new science topic ‘states of matter’. We started the day sorting a variety of materials into solids, liquids and gases and learning about their particle arrangement. Next, we answered the investigation question “Is custard a liquid?”. Our class science ambassadors […]
Read MoreYear 4 Weekly Update – 04/11/22
Dear Parents and Carers, We have really enjoyed welcoming Year 4 back to school after half term. Father David commented on how beautifully behaved the St Catherine’s children were during the All Saints Mass service today- Well done Year 4. Congratulations to 4S who won the half term times table tournament! Please find below your child’s learning […]
Read MoreYear 4 Weekly Update – 21/10/22
Dear Parents and Carers, We had another wonderful week in Year 4, filled with lots of learning and activities. For Black History Month the children learnt about an ancient Roman visitor to Britain from Africa who left behind many precious artefacts. Preparations were in full swing for the Harvest Assembly with the children excited to […]
Read MoreYear 4 Weekly Update – 14/10/22
Dear Parents and Carers, Year 4 had such a wonderful time at Cuffley Camp last week, we really appreciate your cooperation throughout the planning of this trip. All the staff were very impressed with the behaviour and engagement of all students over the two days, we really learnt a lot! We will resume the TTRS […]
Read MoreYear 4 Weekly Update – 7/10/22
Dear Parents and Carers, We have had another busy week in Year 4 and all pupils have worked so hard. They have produced some excellent work in English and successfully applied their editing skills to improve it. Children are doing a fantastic job of being independent learners and are really enjoying choosing their activities in […]
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